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Mobility, shock, and firepower : the emergence of the U.S. Army's armor branch, 1917-1945 / by Robert Stewart Cameron.
LIBRA UA30 .C36 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cameron, Robert S., 1965-
- Series:
- Army historical series
- CMH pub ; 30-23-1.
- CMH pub ; 30-23-1
- United States Army historical series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Armored Force--History.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Armored Force.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 562 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Emergence of the U.S. Army's armor branch, 1917-1945
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2008.
- Contents:
- America adopts the tank
- Early development of the Mechanized Cavalry
- Mechanization: the Chief of Cavalry's runaway horse
- The Infantry and mechanization
- The view from abroad
- Cavalry at the crossroads
- A new beginning: the Armored Force
- Armored Force development, 1940-1941
- Creating an Armored Force nemesis
- The art of maneuver, 1941
- From Armored Force to Armored Center
- Tank destroyer development
- Armored Divisions in battle, 1944-1945
- Armored enablers: Mechanized Cavalry, independent tanks, and tank destroyers
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Shipping list no.: 2009-0164-P.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [521]-533) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780160794179
- 016079417X
- OCLC:
- 180690063
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